Standing On The Corner

Words & Music by Frank Loesser
Recorded by The Four Lads, 1956
From the movie "The Most Happy Fella"

G G/B CM7 Cdim G Bb Edim D7
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by
G G/B CM7 Am Gdim D Am7 D9 D7
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by
D/F# G B7 C C/B
Brother you don't know a nicer occupation
F Cm7 D Am7 D7
Matter of fact, neither do I
D7+5 G G/B CM7 Am7
Than standing on a corner watching all the girls
Cm7 G
Watching all the girls,
Em6 Am7 A7 D7 Am7 G Am7 C7 B7
Watching all the girls go by.
Interlude 1:
Em Am7 Em Am7
I'm the cat that got the cream
Em Am7 Em Am7
Haven't got a girl but I can dream
G Em G Edim
Haven't got a girl but I can wish
Cdim G Bb
So I'll take me down to Main street
G Bm7-5 A7 G G/F# Am7 D7 Am7alt D7
And that's where I select my im - ag - in - ar - y dish
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by
Standing on a corner giving all the girls the eye
Brother if you've got a rich imagination
Give it a whirl, give it a try
Try standing on a corner watching all the girls.
Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by.
Interlude 2:
Saturday and I'm so broke
Couldn't buy a gal a nickel coke.
Still I'm livin' like a millionaire
When I take me down to Main Street
And I survey the harem parading for me there.
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by,
Standing on a corner giving all the girls the eye.
Brother you can't go to jail for what you're thinking,
Or for that woo look in your eye;
You're only standing on the corner watching all the girls,
Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by.

I am not sure if I have all the lyrics here, or if I have them in the right sequence. I used to sing with a men's chorus that performed this song, and I constantly confused their arrangement with the classic Four Lads' rendition to the point that I no longer can remember which was which.

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